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Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: PAColl-10055

Description: Note: These photocopies were made by the Library from prints and an album lent by the donor. The prints were identified on the backs and in captions, and enabled the archivist to describe the negatives in the collection. Includes a copy of the Berntsen family tree provided by the donor and the negative sleeve book that originally held the negatives in this collection. The first fourteen images relate to members of the Berntsen and Mollgaard families on the farm owned by Niels Johan Berntsen at Waipatiki out towards the coast from Dannevirke. Most of the people are identified and include - Niels Berntsen's children; Joe (Johannes Berntsen), Andy (Andreas Ries Berntsen), Kitty (Johanne Katherine Berntsen), Dina (Kirstine Marie Berntsen). George Peter Berntsen's children; Harold Johannes Berntsen, Elizabeth Berntsen. The Uncle Peter Berntsen in this collection is probably George Peter Berntsen, brother of Niels Johan Berntsen. The Mollgaards were family friends. Mollgaards included in this collection are - Elvina (Sister) Mollgaard, Rudolph Mollgaard, Hans Mollgaard, and Mr Mollgaard. There is also Uncle Ole Olsen, and a young woman called Marie. The rest of the images are a record of Anton Berntsen's time as a pupil of the Walsh brothers' New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland, which he attended in 1917-1918. Many of the students are identified as well as the three instructors, George Bolt, Bob Going, and Marmaduke Matthews. There are photographs of one of the two B&W Boeing seaplanes purchased in 1916, flying boats designed by the Walsh brothers and built at the school, the Curtis and Hall Scott engines bought in to power the aircraft, and views of everyday life at the school at work, play, and rest. The grandparents and fathers of the Berntsen children in this collection left Denmark in 1872 with 15 other Danish families, and joined the emmigrant ship `Ballarat' in England. The ship berthed at Napier, New Zealand, on the 15th of September 1872. The names of the Berntsen parents who emmigrated with their family were Anton and Bodil Katrine (nee Neilson) Berntsen. The children and young men and women in the first part of this collection are the children of their eldest child and son, Niels Johan Berntsen, and of their youngest child and son, Peter George Berntsen. Quantity: 62 photocopy/ies. 1 photocopy/ies of an album. 1 empty negative sleeve book.

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123891-F

Description: Interior view of an aircraft hangar at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Most of the view is taken up with an aircraft that may be being overhauled or under construction. The engine is uncovered and its wingspan is incomplete. Anton Berntsen is sitting in the forward cockpit. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123899-F

Description: New Zealand Flying School instructor Marmaduke Matthews (extreme right), and a group of student pilots bringing the Walsh flying boat "B" out of the hangar. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123888-F

Description: Seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School parked in shallow water at the edge of the beach at Kohimarima, Auckland. George bolt is in the back cockpit, and three student pilots are variously engaged in the water and on a float. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. This was one of two Boeing seaplanes bought in 1916 by the Walsh Brothers for their New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The two aircraft were the first produced by Boeing, and the first was completed in June 1916. The company first offered the planes to the US Navy who did not buy them, after which they were sold to the Walsh Brothers. After the war they made New Zealand record breaking flights, and were used in early air mail delivery trials. The planes were B&W Boeing seaplanes, the B and the W referring to William Boeing and Navy Lt Conrad Westervelt who designed them. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123889-F

Description: Instuctor and students of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, grouped in front of a Walsh flying boat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. They are (from left) - Henry Heard. Tom Reid. Bill Exler. Kelly Smith. Math (Marmaduke) Mathews (instructor seated on plane). ?.... Marriner. Keith Purchase. Ken Fraser. Anton Berntsen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123914

Description: Two men refueling Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123915

Description: Two men refueling Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123937-F

Description: Student pilot, Anton Berntsen, standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F" with one hand on the propellar. He is dressed in flying gear - helmet, goggles, and half length leather coat. Photographed at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123938-F

Description: Portrait of an unidentified pilot at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Behind him can be seen B&W Boeing seaplane "F." He is wearing flying gear - goggles, helmet and leather coat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123908-F

Description: Student pilots of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, overhauling Walsh flying boat "C" which is parked on railway track just outside the hangar. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Walsh flying boat "C" was the second flying boat designed and built by the Walsh brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123939-F

Description: Portrait of an unidentified pilot at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. He is standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F." He is wearing flying gear - goggles, helmet and leather coat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123940-F

Description: Student pilot, Anton Berntsen, standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F" with one hand on the propeller. He is dressed in flying gear - helmet, goggles, and half length leather coat. Photographed between 1917-1918 at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, by Anton Berntsen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm